Improvement in spring bed-bottoms



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J. R. NEWMAN.

SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

Pate nted Aug. 8, 18 76.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JARED R. NEWMAN, OF FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING BED-BOTTOMS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,909, dated August 8,1876; application filed July 1, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JARED R. NEWMAN, of Franklin, in the county ofVenango and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Spring Bed- Bottoms; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making' a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ot'reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation ot' a bottoni view of thebed-frame. Fig. 2 is a top view of the improved spring-bed, showing thespring-links applied; and Fig. ,3 is a sectional View of the frame, anda side elevation of the springs, the links, and the stay-rods.

This invention has relation to improvements in spring bed-bottoms; andit consists in a detachable spring-link, consisting of a hook, a coil,and a latch, in combination with the spiral springs of a springbed-bottom v and its frame, as will be hereinafter fully eX- plained.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A desgnates the frame of my improvedspringbed, consisting of a suitable number of' spaced longitudinal bars,a, screwed or otherwise secured to transverse slats b, of sufficientlength to reach from side to side of the bed, and designed to have theirends bear upon cleats secured to the inside of the side rails of thebed.

By this means the usual bed-slats are entirely done away with, andadditional flexibility is imparted to the bed-bottom.

The bed is also rendered very easy to clean, and no harbor affordedbugs, and no crevices made in which dirt or dust can accumulate.

B represents the usual spiral springs, which are secured to thc rails ain the following manner: Their tapered ends are formed in a small coil,o, and in the opening of the coil a large-headed wood-screw, c, isinserted. Being then forced into the wood, the head will clamp the saidcoil against the rail a,

and hold it removably, but rigidly, in posi-I tion. The end of theuppermost coil of spiral spring B is bent down and twisted around thesecond coi1thus disarming its ends, and

allowing the mattress to be placed upon the said springs, without dangerot' tearing the same when being adjusted or removed.

C represents my improved spring link, made ot' any suitable Wire, anddesigned to secure the upper part of the springs together. This link isformed of a single piece of wire, in the following manner: One of itsends is bent to form a hook, c, which, being accomplished, a catch, z',is made by bending the end ot' the hook outward at right angles to theplane thereof. This hook is engaged with the upper coil of a spring, B,and the other end ot' the wire passed over 4and twisted around thecorresponding coil of the spring next adjacent, forming a flat coilthereon, a suitable number of times. This end is then bent horizontally,and carried across to catch fi, and engaged therewith, forming a latch,j, which will prevent hook c from casual disengagement from spring B.The coil l, above described, being composed ot' two or more coils, willhold the link against rotating horizontally, and bringing the ends ofthe hook and catch uppermost, the result being the absolute preventionof the tearing ofthe coverin g or bed-sack.

D represents a metallic rod of suitable rigidity, secured at one end toone of the middle coils of the outer rows of springs, and at the otherto the rails a of the bed-frame. This rod is in the nature ot' a stay,and one of them witl be supplied to each spring in the outer end andsiderows. Their effect will be to prevent the outer rows of springs,which are least supported and most exposed to strain, from being thrownoutward out of the perpendicular. By this means the spring-bed will bekept in shape, and rendered very durable.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The detachable spring-link C, consisting of a hook, c, catch i, coil l,and latch j, in coinbination with the spiral springs B, and a spring-bedframe, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above l have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JARED R. NEWMAN. Witnesses:

SAM. B. MYERS, L. C. HEAsLY.

